The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-06

troduced.
Mrs. KATE BAssETT was called and
testified. l was married to the defend
ant on the 25th day of January, 1885,
adam Spiers performed the ceremony. /
Prior to that time l lived at Logan;
was clerking in store there; Mr.. G. B.
Robins was the manager; | was en-
ployed there constantly until February,
1885, and occasionally after that time.
She further said that she wrote entries |
in the day book when she sold goods on |
credit. Mr.. Robins was sick during the
greater portion of the summer of 1884. |
Witness took her dinner at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Robins but ate her supper
and breakfast at home, the residence OF
her father, She then told the number
Of children who were ailhome.
MR. RAwLIEs hanoed her an account
book, which the witness identified as
the day book of the store and identified.
and checked some entries that she had
made in the book. She said: did not
meet Mr.. Bassett at all in Logan, dur
ing August, 1884; did not know he was
in town until he left the place. Had
only a slight acquaintance with Mr..
Bassett during the time that he lived IN
Logan. Went to Salt Lake in October,
1884, to attend the conference; stopped
at the Valley House three nights. at the
Continental one night and at M. Il.
Evans two nights. / met Mr.. Bassett
at the Tithing Office and, with the
other members of the Logan choir,
shook hands with him, merely passing
the time of day. Went to the Theatre
while in Salt Lake with Mrs. and Mr..
Carbon, &.
Cross-examination-H had mere
passing acquaintance with Mr.. Bassett
for about nine years; have been IN
timately acquainted with him Tor
about eighteen months; had cor
responded with him about four
months prior to our marriage. (The
proceedings were here lnterru pted
| by the advent of the Grand JuryE
Q.-Can't you tell as, Mrs. Fassett,
when your husband first began paying
his addresses? About the month
of October, think. -LilH >. htA
O.-Can you tell us, Mrs. Bassett,
when you became engaged to your hus-
band Al was engaged to him, con-
ditionally in December, 1885. The con-
dition was that he got divorce. a.
Mr.. Dickson followed these questions
up and asked her why it was she per-
mitted Mr. Bassett to pay his addresses
to her before he had obtained a divorce.
The witness was badgered considerably
on the point. Here Mr.. Dickson asked
some questions about the witness testl-
mony given before the Grand Jury IN
Salt Lake, and asked why she refused to
answer the question asked her as to
whether she was ever married 80 Mr..
/ Bassett before anuary, 1886. D.
Witness replied that she did not con-
slider the legal wife compelled to testify
against her husband, and for that rea-
son she declined to answer the question.
This was the only explanation Mr..
Dickson could get, though he tired
hard to shake her self-conhdence, and
apparently to break down her testl-
mony. -, i#,
Continuing, the witness said she had
gone to the temple in Logan, IN June
1884, and again in December, 1884
Went to the temple in Logan in June
for the purpose of obtaining my en-
dowments. Never met Mr.. Bassett in
! the Logan Temple. There was never
any ceremony of marriage performed
: between the defendant and myself priol
to January 18th, 1886. Et4' 60
A long train of questions concerning
the belief of witness in the doctrines Of
! the Mormon Church were asked. The
witness answered them all right, anC
: was excused.
ADAM SP1ERs, Justice of the Peace, Of
Salt Lake, was called, and testified tC
t having performed ceremony of mar
: rage between the defendant and the
T last witness in June, 1885. a,
: Mrs. BAssETT was recalled, ano
j asked if there were marriages per
2 formed in the Logan Temple.
4 Mrs. EMMA BALLIFF, sister Of Kat
e Bassett, was next called, and testified
q corroborating the testimony OF ne
e sister, relative to the visit to Salt Lake
e FLORENCE SMITH, another sister, wa
d called and gave similar testimony, a
b did also Mrs. Lucy Carbon.
e MRS. HARRIET ROBINS, wife OF Y. b
t Robins, under whose employ Miss Kat
n Smith-Bassett was in 1884, corroborate
d the evidence of Mrs. Kate Bassett re
Y garding that lady having been at tn
Il store constantly.
To Mr.. Dickson, witness said tina
e she had seen the defendant at the stor
where Miss Smith worked once betor
s he moved to Salt Lake. Had heard
: rumor to the effect that the defendan
had married Miss Smith some time ago
= it must have been some four or nv
?. months after the 25th of January, 1887
& Jos. e.. WILSON, of Logan, test1tie
n that he was tithing clerk at Logan. II
e succeeded Mr. Bassett in that position
j. Mr.. Bassett was at Logan to assist
! correcting and closing up some acc
[: counts. He also-had some other busl
is ness to attend to. -
h DAVID GRIFFITH, a restaurant keepe
Ie of Salt Lake, was called. Mr.. Basset
/ was boarding at his place from tn
middle part of August, 1884, to tebrQ q
l arv 11th, 1885, Gould not say dehnlteI
r whether he was there every day or moi
: Mrs. GRIFFITH corroborated her nus
!. bands testimony, only was more posi-
e tive about Mr.. Bassett's having been q
: the restaurant every day. It'll
j. ]. GALLAGHER, another restauran
N Ikeeper. testified to a similar state
} lfacts from the middle of February 1873
lie for more than year. Mrs. Kate Smit
r. Bassett went to his place with defend
r ant in January, 1886.
N Mr.. HILTON, llightwatchman at tn
Tithing Office. Salt Lake, testified ths
e Mr.. Bassett had bed and slept at tn
ID Tithing Office every nightfrom the las
s. of August, 1884 to 1885.
D. Mas SUsASNAH CARBON, OF LogaI
5t testified as to Mr.. Bassett havln
D: stoned at the Cache Valley HouS
IS for two or three days in August, 1SS
- = +ba botal ererV night Will